Social research is ____, meaning it is interested in cause and effect relationships
a. theoretical
b. empirical
c. probabilistic
d. causal
d
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a. availability of essential needs b. mating rituals c. adaptive skills d. psychological traits
The text describes a study finding that defendants’ appearance as more stereotypically African American was highly predictive of the men’s sentences when the victims were White. Describe the concept of implicit measures of prejudice. What role might implicit prejudice have played in this study? What other information would be helpful to gain a more detailed understanding of the study’s
results? What will be an ideal response?
Ceremonies such as the Jewish bar or bat mitzvah and the quinceañera in Hispanic communities resemble the initiation ceremonies of many tribal and village societies, but they __________
A) do not mark a significant change in social status in the larger society B) are merely rituals and do not mark an important change in privilege and responsibility C) do not let young people know that reaching puberty is a significant milestone D) do not mean anything to children growing up within ethnic or religious subcultures of Western societies
Which of the following is concerned with how test takers perceive the attractiveness and appropriateness of a test?
A. content validity B. construct validity C. face validity D. concurrent validity